???? Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Shows Its Big Guns. Mount Fuji.
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Japan Ground Self Defense Force.
Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force tanks and other armoured vehicles took part in an annual live-fire exercise at the foot of Mount Fuji, at the Higashifuji training field in Gotemba, west of Tokyo
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Firepower Demonstration.
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The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, or JGSDF (sometimes referred to as simply the GSDF), is the main branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for land-based military operations, and is the de facto army of Japan. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
New military guidelines, announced in December 2010, direct the Self-Defense Forces away from their Cold War focus on the Soviet Union to a new focus on China, especially in respect of the dispute over the Senkaku Islands. The JGSDF is chiefly tasked with maintaining internal security in Japan.
The Force operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Ichigaya, Shinjuku, Tokyo. The present chief of staff is General Kiyofumi Iwata . The JGSDF numbered around 150,000 soldiers in 2008. As of 2010, the number remained the same at approximately 150,000 personnel.
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• Western Army, headquartered at Kumamoto, Kumamoto
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Tokyo Walk - Nerima (練馬) - 4K
In this video we’ll show you Nerima (練馬), Tokyo.
Nerima (練馬区, Nerima-ku) is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
In the Edo period, the area was mostly farmland producing daikon radishes, gobo burdocks, and potatoes. After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, many people from central Tokyo moved to the area.
In October 1, 1932, Nerima town, and Kami-Nerima, Naka-Arai, Shakujii and Ōizumi Villages were incorporated in Old Tokyo City. Prior to the creation of the ward on August 1, 1947, the area had been part of Itabashi. In 1952, the Japan Self-Defense Forces established a base there. The first division of the eastern group of the Ground Self-Defense Force has its headquarters there. The United States Forces Japan already had a base, Grant Heights, which it returned to Japanese control in 1973. Grant Heights had been Narimasu airfield under the Imperial Japanese Army until the end of World War II. The runway is now the main street in front of the IMA department store in Hikarigaoka.
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Japanese Bugle Call Medley 陸上自衛隊らっぱメドレー
Played by 1st Division Bugle Team and 1st Band, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
On April 14, 2013 at JGSDF Camp Nerima, Tokyo.
演奏：陸上自衛隊第1師団らっぱ隊・第1音楽隊
2013年4月14日 第1師団創立51周年・練馬駐屯地創立62周年 記念行事
Japan Army Base Festival April 2013
Our local army base has an annual open day and festival.
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF; Japanese: 陸上自衛隊;, Rikujō Jieitai), is the main branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the de facto army of Japan. The JGSDF was created on July 1, 1954. Up until the end of the Cold War, its primary concern was maintaining internal security in Japan and countering a possible Soviet invasion of Hokkaido. The largest of the three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is tasked with maintaining internal security in Japan and operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Ichigaya, Tokyo. The present chief of the ground staff is General Eiji Kimizuka (Japanese: 君塚 栄治).
The JGSDF numbered around 150,000 soldiers in 2008. As of 2010, it numbered approximately 148,000 personnel.
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[20130414]陸自練馬駐屯地x08「観閲部隊指揮官退場～陸将 反怖謙一～」 MAH05183
観閲部隊指揮官の退場。
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2013年04月14日(日)
第1師団創立51周年、練馬駐屯地創立62周年記念行事(一般開放)
開門時間: 午前9時～午後2時半
場所: 練馬駐屯地
内容: 記念式典(部隊進入、師団訓示など、観閲行進:音楽隊～1都6県～徒歩部隊～飛行部隊～車両部隊)、
音楽演奏(太鼓演奏:北富士天王太鼓、朝霞振武太鼓、第1音楽隊と師団らっぱ隊のコラボ)、
レンジャー訓練体験コーナー(小学生(高学年)を対象としたコース、
中学生以上を対象としたコースの2コースでレンジャー塔などを活用した訓練を体験します。低所のロープ橋訓練体験、
低所の2本ロープ橋訓練体験、登坂壁訓練体験、地上設置ヘリ訓練、UHでの写真撮影など)、
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装備品展示(第1師団が保有する装備を展示します。防衛用装備品、災害用装備品)、
ちびっこイベント広場(ミニSLなど)、
模擬売店(野外売店:やきそば、かき氷、フランクフルト、牛串、自衛隊みやげグッズなど)
■陸上自衛隊第1師団
##Japan Ground Self Defense Force##
第1音楽隊&第1師団ラッパ隊100名編成ドリル演奏 平成27年度 練馬駐屯地記念行事 JGSDF 1st Band drill performance(100 people organized)
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陸上自衛隊 第1師団創立53周年 練馬駐屯地創立64周年記念行事 音楽演奏
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陸上自衛隊10式戦車 実働演習(HD)(Raw)
2015年4月12日に東京練馬の練馬駐屯地で開催された創立記念式典で公開された10式戦車の実働演習です。エンジン稼働、砲塔旋回などが行われました。JGSDF Type 10 moving test at Nerima garrison,Apr.12,2015
練馬駐屯地 記念式典執行者 第1師団長 柴田陸将 式辞 2017.4.9
第1師団創立55周年・練馬駐屯地創設66周年記念行事
JGSDF 1st Division 55th anniversary, Camp Nerima 66th anniversary event. JGSDF 1st Division commander, General Shibata reads an adress.
陸上自衛隊第1師団創立55周年/練馬駐屯地66周年記念行事 陸上自衛隊第1音楽隊を中心に見た記念式典 (全編･ノーカット版)
陸上自衛隊第1師団創立55周年/
練馬駐屯地66周年記念行事
陸上自衛隊第1音楽隊を中心に見た記念式典
(全編･ノーカット版)
曲名)行進曲大空･栄誉礼冠譜･君が代･巡閲の譜･抜刀隊
サンダーバードのテーマ曲･史上最大の作戦･ゴジラのマーチ
JGSDF 1st Band
JGSDF 1st Division 55th Annual and
Camp Nerima 66th Annual Ceremony
Song Name)
March Oozora･Guard of Honor･Kimigayo･Battotai
Main Theme of Thunderbird ･The Longest Day･Gozilla March
陸上自衛隊 第一音楽隊とラツパ隊のドリル演奏 練馬駐屯地創立６４周年記念行事
2015．4．12練馬駐屯地にて行われた第一音楽隊とラツパ隊のドリル演奏。
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Kamikaze | Wikipedia audio article
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00:14:54 2.4 Leyte Gulf: the first attacks
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00:21:30 2.6 Allied defensive tactics
00:24:35 2.7 Final phase
00:29:35 3 Effects
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Kamikaze (神風, [kamiꜜkaze]; divine wind or spirit wind), officially Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (特別攻撃隊, Special Attack Unit), were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who initiated suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy warships more effectively than possible with conventional air attacks. About 3,800 kamikaze pilots died during the war, and more than 7,000 naval personnel were killed by kamikaze attacks.Kamikaze aircraft were essentially pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft. Pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships in what was called a body attack (tai-atari) in planes laden with some combination of explosives, bombs, and torpedoes. Accuracy was much higher than that of conventional attacks, and the payload and explosion larger; about 19% of kamikaze attacks were successful. A kamikaze could sustain damage that would disable a conventional attacker and still achieve its objective. The goal of crippling or destroying large numbers of Allied ships, particularly aircraft carriers, was considered by the Empire of Japan to be a just reason for sacrificing pilots and aircraft.
These attacks, which began in October 1944, followed several critical military defeats for the Japanese. They had long since lost aerial dominance as a result of having outdated aircraft and enduring the loss of experienced pilots. Japan suffered from a diminishing capacity for war and a rapidly declining industrial capacity relative to that of the Allies. Japan was also losing pilots faster than it could train their replacements. These combined factors, along with Japan's unwillingness to surrender, led to the use of kamikaze tactics as Allied forces advanced towards the Japanese home islands.
While the term kamikaze usually refers to the aerial strikes, it has also been applied to various other suicide attacks. The Japanese military also used or made plans for non-aerial Japanese Special Attack Units, including those involving submarines, human torpedoes, speedboats and divers.
The tradition of death instead of defeat, capture and shame was deeply entrenched in Japanese military culture. One of the primary traditions in the samurai life and the Bushido code was loyalty and honor until death.
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Division (military) | Wikipedia audio article
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Division (military)
00:01:34 1 History
00:01:43 1.1 Origins
00:02:17 1.2 Early divisions
00:03:05 1.3 World War II
00:05:15 1.4 Modern divisions
00:07:00 2 Types
00:07:35 2.1 Cavalry division
00:09:34 2.2 Armored division
00:10:42 2.3 Infantry division
00:12:38 2.4 Mountain division
00:13:10 2.5 Airborne division
00:14:29 2.6 Artillery division
00:15:48 2.7 Security division
00:16:33 3 Nomenclature
00:18:34 4 National organization
00:18:44 4.1 Australia
00:21:09 4.2 Bangladesh
00:22:33 4.3 Brazil
00:23:22 4.4 Canada
00:27:11 4.5 China
00:27:19 4.5.1 People's Republic
00:28:31 4.5.2 National Revolutionary Army
00:29:59 4.6 Colombia
00:31:48 4.7 France
00:33:26 4.8 Germany
00:33:48 4.9 India
00:34:33 4.10 Indonesia
00:35:26 4.11 Israel
00:36:26 4.12 Pakistan
00:37:07 4.13 South Africa
00:38:09 4.14 United Kingdom
00:39:44 4.15 United States
00:44:08 4.16 Japan
00:45:08 4.17 South Korea
00:49:27 4.18 USSR
00:52:37 4.19 Russian Federation
00:54:31 5 See also
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A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers. Infantry divisions during the World Wars ranged between 8,000 and 30,000 in nominal strength.
In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps. Historically, the division has been the default combined arms unit capable of independent operations. Smaller combined arms units, such as the American regimental combat team (RCT) during World War II, were used when conditions favored them. In recent times, modern Western militaries have begun adopting the smaller brigade combat team (similar to the RCT) as the default combined arms unit, with the division they belong to being less important.
While the focus of this article is on army divisions, in naval usage division has a completely different meaning, referring to either an administrative/functional sub-unit of a department (e.g., fire control division of the weapons department) aboard naval and coast guard ships, shore commands, and in naval aviation units (including navy, marine corps, and coast guard aviation), to a sub-unit of several ships within a flotilla or squadron, or to two or three sections of aircraft operating under a designated division leader.
In administrative/functional sub-unit usage, unit size varies widely, though typically divisions number far fewer than 100 people and are roughly equivalent in function and organizational hierarchy/command relationship to a platoon or flight.